Cicero driveway apron
Apron at your Cicero curb broken? The road you front picks the permit
The apron where your Cicero driveway meets the street is cracked, sunken or breaking up, and the permit depends on who owns that road. Ask the right office first, then tell the contractor what it said.
Apron at the Cicero curb? Book it with us for $100 off your first job, credited when you book.
From the house to the street
- Garage floorYours
- Steps and walksYours
- DrivewayYours
- ApronYours, with a permit
- Public sidewalkAsk the town
- StreetRoad owner
This fits when
Signs it is time for driveway apron work
The apron has dropped below the road
A step down at the curb catches tires and holds water in a puddle against the concrete.
Chunks missing where the plow scrapes
Broken edges at the street side usually mean plow blades and heavy loads have been hitting a weak apron.
Cracks that run from the road into your drive
When a crack passes through the apron into the driveway, you may be dealing with two slabs and two jobs.
A ditch or culvert beside it that looks blocked
Water that cannot drain away works on the apron from below. Ask who is responsible for the ditch before you spend on the concrete.
Questions
Driveway apron questions from Cicero homeowners
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Who approves an apron replacement on a county road in Cicero?
Onondaga County DOT does, through its county right of way work permit. Highway Law section 136 bars building or improving an entrance there without one. Ask the county what it wants to see before work starts.
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Does the Cicero Building Department handle apron permits?
It issues the town's building permits, but no published apron rule for the town is on record. Call the department and ask which office covers your frontage. Tell the contractor what you were told.
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My apron is cracked but my driveway is fine. Is that one job or two?
Usually two, because they have different owners of the approval. The apron is in the road right of way and the drive is on your lot. Ask the contractor to describe each separately in the contract.
Ask about your slab
Start your Cicero slab job
Send the details once. Nothing is booked and you owe nothing for asking.
We help you work out whose concrete it is and what to ask for, then introduce you to an independent Syracuse-area contractor to quote it.
Put it in writing before anyone pours
Seven questions for any contractor, any slab. Copy them into your messages and keep the answers with your contract.
- Air-entrained mix, with the air content namedThe mix decides whether the surface flakes again in a few winters.
- The pour date, and a plan if it turns coldCold nights after the pour count, even when the pour day is mild.
- How the slab is cured and coveredCuring and cold protection run for different lengths of time.
- No de-icer on the new slab this winterClean sand gives traction without feeding the scaling.
- Whose road it is, and who pulls the permitWork in a county road right of way needs a county permit first.
- A signed written contract before work startsNew York asks for a written contract on home improvement jobs over $500.
- What is removed, what is poured, what is leftA clear scope stops arguments about patching versus replacing.
$100 off your first job
Your $100 comes off once your first concrete job is booked.
- The credit comes from us, not out of the contractor's price.
- One credit per customer, per property.
- Your job needs to be booked by December 31, 2026.
- Mention the $100 when you book the work.
The straight-answer slab promise
- No charge to ask, and no obligation once you have.
- If the city or the road owner should fix it, we say so.
- We ask about the mix and the pour month up front.
- Your $100 is applied the way our Terms spell out.
Your contract is with the contractor, who answers to you for the work.
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Three roads, three owners at the Cicero curb
Cicero reported 126.7 miles of town road, 41.7 of county road and 31.1 of state road in the 2017 highway report. Your apron sits partly in the road right of way, so which of those three you front decides who approves the work. Neighbors can be on different ones.
Start with the street and the slab.
On a town road, ask the Town of Cicero Building Department which office covers aprons. No published apron rule for Cicero is on record, so do not assume the building permit covers it. On a county road, Highway Law section 136 requires a county work permit, and the county holds you responsible for the drive between the edge of its right of way and the pavement. On a state road, the state decides.
Basis: New York State DOT Town of Cicero
Book first, then the $100 comes off.
What a county permit asks of you and your contractor
If your frontage is a county road, expect Onondaga County DOT to ask the applicant for a one million dollar insurance policy naming the county, plus workers compensation coverage. That is a requirement on whoever applies, so ask the contractor early whether they carry it and who will file.
Do not pour the apron first and ask second. Permit rules on county roads carry a fine for each day of violation. Ask the road owner what it wants to see, then have the contractor describe the apron work in writing, including how it meets the pavement.
Whichever road you front, tell the contractor the street name and let the road owner confirm which permit applies.
Before you call a contractor about the apron
Write down your street, which side of it you are on and whether a sign names the road as a county route. Photograph the break, the curb line and any ditch. Those three details let the road owner answer faster, and they let a contractor describe the apron work the same way the office will read it.
Ask the contractor whether they have worked in your road's right of way before. Ask who will apply for the permit, who pays the fee and what happens if the office wants changes. A county deposit is returned only after the county inspects the work, so ask who holds that money until then.
Get the scope on paper first.
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